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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.

Therese of Lisieux

You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Character Goodness Yourself
He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Himself Willing Worth
Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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Action Flower Greatness Love Myself Sacrifice
God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
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Desire God Hope Inspirational Myself
(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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God
Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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Adorable Eyes Face Himself Wound
The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Flower Love Rose Spring Violence White
Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Born Convertion People Suffering
A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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Divine God Heart Lose Natural Pure Tender
Love needs to be proved by action.
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Action Love Need One Liner
Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Compassionate Heart Human Love Ourselves
The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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God Greatness Respect Soul
Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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Eyes God Inspirational Love Remember Small Yourself
I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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Charity Small True Virtue Weakness
Silence does good to the soul.
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Goodness One Liner Silence Soul
You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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Action Difficult God Greatness Love Yourself

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